U.S. Generals tour newly liberated Ohrdruf concentration camp near Weimar, Germany towards the end of World War II.

Location:
Weimar Germany Date:1945Duration:2 min 29 secSound:Yes

Nazi atrocities at Ohrdruf concentration camp near Weimar, Germany towards the end of World War II. U.S. Army Generals Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar N. Bradley, George S. Patton and Walton H. Walker inspect the camp. The Generals inspect the scaffold and talk to prisoners. A woodshed is filled with dead bodies stacked in piles. The Generals view lime-covered corpses. Inmates demonstrate how they were tortured. Dead bodies are strewn on the ground. U.S. Congressmen also view the camp. A crude cemetery with charred remains.